Unprecedented Freedom: To What Extent was the Tang Dynasty "Sexually Open"?

A number of legendary novels emerged in the Tang Dynasty, and many of them were "gossip" stories about love affairs between men and women. It is interesting that the literati of the Tang Dynasty once entertained and gossiped about the story of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl": the Weaver Girl left the Cowherd and went to the human world to meet her lover. Her lover asked her: Does Cowherd know that you came down to the human world alone? But she said: It's none of his business...